Thanks, Paul, for the information.

Dennis

I just bought a 600 jr from precision. They had the best price. The press was out of stock so they had it dropped shiped from Mec for the same price. I thought that was pretty nice. I also got the short kit but was not very pleased with it. took a lot of fiddleing with it to make it work.

Wayne

I am about to order the short kit for my 600jr ---define "a lot of fiddleing" :)

do things not line up?

PM me if you like, looks like a simple concept - a riser of the correct height that you move the shell holder parts to.

That makes sense, so if you roll crimp - the standard press is fine?

You are correct. It is a very simple consept. Its just a spacer. If I remeber correctly the clips ( for lack of a better term ) dont allow the spacer to line up properly. Several other people had the same problem. Someone came up with a good idea an then sent it to China (I think).

I got a new 600JR a couple years ago along with the MEC short kit and have been using it happily ever since !

I however wish I had gone on and gotten PW to make a 375 set up for the 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells . I've always been an advocate of PW products and now ain't no different !

As to cutting the hulls and made myself a thing to hold the shells with the amount you wanna cut off sticking out the front , then I set the rail on my bandsaw and trim them that way . A hundred new hulls take me maybe 15 minutes .

I made more of the same thing for 2 1/2" shells for the 12 , 16 and 20 I might add !

When you trim on the bandsaw dose it leave a rough case mouth.

No. I just clamped a piece of steel the correct distance away so the rim on the shell would hang over it. Push em through. At our club the Mec is the most used press. The Mec short kit is pretty simple and straight forward - don't know what isn't lining up. I've also after cutting a spacer the correct size out of wood or steel just picked up the metal clip and slid my spacer under it. All you're doing is putting the shortened shell up higher so the start crimp and final crimp will work. It's kind of a rip off to charge that much money for something so simple.

Ah yes, those clips. As I remember I just ground them off - no more problem. Anyways, Precision Reloading has the short kit if you're going to buy one. They also make round brass spacers for the 12 and 20. If one had a metal lathe they would be simple to make for any gauge. If you go here you can view them www.precisionreloading.com - go to shotgun reloading, then mec presses, then mec accessories, then on the second page you'll see the brass spacers.

i too use a spacer i found that was just rite for the short ten... charlie